by Chong Jit Leong

The 1998 World Cup was the first time I watched soccer. "Batistuta"was the name I kept hearing watching what I now know where games involving Argentina. Gabriel Batistuta spent the majority of his club career in Fiorentina (1991-200) and scored 168 goals for the club. On the international level he scored 56 goals and participated in three World Cups (1994,1998,2002). In 2004 Gabriel Batistuta was named in FIFA's 125 Greatest Living Footballer.

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